Chapter 22 - Let Me Seduce You, Stubborn!

The three witches began their chanting and Belladonna tried to imagine a link from her to another.

It was hard to do so though. Since she had to take off Alaris' bracelet to perform this ritual, the voices in her head wouldn't let her be. Also, although Alaris was in the room with her, that didn't seem to ease anything.

Right now, with the constant distraction, all she could see with her eyes closed was darkness - not links.

Whatever that was supposed to look like.

The ghost brides mumbled in her ears, moving from one ear to the other.

Alaris's grip around her hands remained warm, she was too aware of it.

"See the connection..." The words of one of the witches filtered into her ears.

"Feel it."

"Let us relieve you of it."

The chanting of their incoherent words then continued.

They started clanking metals against one another and a force went through her, like she had been yanked from her body and dropped into the sea.

She could see the Bearer again, a blurry image as usual. Sh